Kyocera develops gold fine ceramics closely resemble 18-K
29 Jul '08
5 min read
1) Kyocera's fine ceramics
Fine ceramics have been applied for a wide range of products as a new industrial material and, in recent years, have become highly valued for their beautiful appearance, texture and color. The materials have gained renown by offering better appearance and texture, finding a broad range of applications in jewelry, watches and other accessories.
2) New market for gold fine ceramics
Because gold is the essential color for conveying opulence, demand has grown for a gold fine ceramic that more closely resembles the color of 18-karat gold. The market price of the new gold ceramic will be one-twentieth to one-twenty fifth that of 18-karat gold, which makes the material an excellent candidate for use in luxury applications, particularly as a material for decorative parts. The company will target a greater variety of products to expand the applications for fine ceramics, which to date have been used for the keypad buttons of premium mobile phones, exterior parts in digital cameras, wristwatch bands and bodies, and jewelry.
3) Kyocera's technology makes gold fine ceramics closely resemble 18-karat gold
In developing manufacturing methods for the new material, Kyocera conducted about two years of basic research into its physical properties and other attributes. The objective was to minimize the reduction in rigidity caused by the additive used to increase luminosity. The new gold fine ceramic is a high-tech material that combines superior physical properties made possible through painstaking research efforts, and a beautiful appearance created by precision processing and color control technology.
• Kyocera's fine ceramics Kyocera Corporation was established in 1959 as a specialized manufacturer of fine ceramics. Thanks to the superior technologies that it has accumulated over nearly half a century, the company's products have earned strong acclaim both in Japan and in global markets.
Kyocera's pursuit of superior quality has allowed an extremely wide application of its fine ceramics, which are used for medical equipment such as artificial joints, as well as the blades of knives and scissors, components in various industrial products and electronic components.
Kyocera will continue to respond to the demands of the market with a wide variety of products and improve its technologies to provide products of higher quality.